---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain Counties/Purchasing Exemption."
description: "Certain Counties/Purchasing Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "North Carolina HB 236 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "JAILS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "BEAUFORT COUNTY", "STANLY COUNTY", "GRANVILLE COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "WASHINGTON COUNTY", "PASQUOTANK COUNTY", "CURRITUCK COUNTY", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-12"
last_action: "2015-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f3ccb89-6e6b-467f-bef8-fb495fcb183f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H236&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3f0e05c0d52881509d0c458660847b92ca4fbaee61b8c1f65300e3e7fa086769"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 236 (2015) — Certain Counties/Purchasing Exemption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H236v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H236v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H236v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H236v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H236v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **38–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-07-20** Ch. SL 2015-157 `became-law`
- **2015-07-20** Ratified
- **2015-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-01** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f3ccb89-6e6b-467f-bef8-fb495fcb183f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).